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IRON and WINE lyrics : "The Desert Babbler"

It's New Year's Eve
And California's gonna kill you soon
The Barstow boys

Buckeyes in the shadow of the moon

Black houses in the hills and roadside hearts

Dying for a place to fall apart
Who knew what you could learn to live without
Mother Mary's lying in your mouth


Now, back home the kitchen's warm with Christmas wine
And every girl has got an axe to grind

You left to look for heaven
But you're far from that hard light tonight


So quietly we've lost another year
The desert put a babbler in your ear
Mean fire-weed and I miss you again

Barstow boys are spit into the wind

Now, back home the hammer always has to fall

Crosses barely hanging on the wall
Someday I know you'll never leave me
But we're far from that hard light tonight

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